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Playing with memory to alleviate pain

by DRMT Posted on February 28, 2012

Jonah Lehrer’s new cover story for Wired explores new trials with PKMzeta inhibitors, drugs that some think could be used to erase memories.  These inhibitors may have the potential to erase memories themselves, in contrast to existing early-stage treatments using … Continue reading →

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